Improved outline chart or placard for paint sets



May 11, 1943. P. 0| LEMME 2,319,044

IMPROVED OUTLINE CHART OR PLACARD FOR PAINT SETS Filed Marh e, 1942 Patented May 11, 1943 IllIPROVED OUTLINE CHART R PLAC'ARD FOR PAINT SETS Philip Di Lemme, NewTork, N. Y. Application March 6, 1942, Serial No. 433,669

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to educational appliances and more particularly to paint sets.

The paint set of this invention is for the purpose of improving and developing the artistic ability of persons, especially older children, and will hold their interests because of the satisfactory results that can be obtained even by the unskilled person.

The invention employs a placard or chart of card board, wood, clay or any other suitable material which will provide a relatively smooth surface having impressed upon it the outline of a pictorial subject which is to be colored, said outline preferably forming a permanent color contrast with the coloring applied by the user of the set and being of such material as insures at all times that the coloring being done within the outlined area will not run over the outline portion, thereby giving to the colored outlined subject or to contrasted colored outlined portions of such subject an appearance of expert workmanship although the coloring can be done by a novice.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in all that is disclosed herein.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is illustrated and described herein, only by way of example,

Figure 1 is a face View of a placard or chart having a pictorial outline thereon depicting a Dutch wooden shoe supported on a surface and from which shoe extend tulip flowers and leaves, portions being indicated as having been colored in accordance with the present invention, While other portions have not been colored and are only shown in outline;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing the chart edgewise and. the manner colored paint may be applied to any of the outlined areas of the chart; and v Figure 3 shows an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through any painted outlined area of the chart and the manner granular material may be applied to the painted surface thereof.

With particular detail reference to the drawing, I 0 denotes a placard or chart of any suitable material which will provide a surface to receive the outline of the subject and the paint employed in the coloring of the outlined subject. The outline H of the selected subject is, preferably, appliedto the chart by the manufacturer, but may be applied in some cases by the user, and it is contemplated that in each set there will be a number of charts ll] each containing a different subject, a variety of color paints l2, a brush l3,

and, possibly, a shaker l5 of granular material I such as salt, sugar, sand, sawdust and the likeall enclosed and suitably arranged in a container, not shown.

The outline H is made with a special waterrepellent ink an ink containing a wax, preferably beeswax, and a suitable pigment, preferably a metal pigment such as aluminum or gilting powder. The outlining ink, which is now employed with highly satisfactory results, consists approximately of 9 parts of aluminum powder and one part of commercial ground beeswax mixed in clear varnish and turpentine in proportions to produce a consistency of a heavy sirup. This composition of ink can be then used for printing or painting the outline on a surface such as a placard ID, as above indicated, or on silk. The proportions of the ingredients for the outlining material are given by way of example and may be varied as may be found desirable yet giving the results aimed at by the present invention; also other coloring medium other than aluminum powder may be employed.

In order that the user may be instructed in at least one use of the above described invention, he may apply, between the outline defining the subject and portions thereof, as indicated in the drawing, with a brush or other applicator, a paint l2 of desired and appropriate color, as the different portions of the subject may dictate; for instance the shoe portion a may be orange, the leaf portion b may be green, the petals 0 may be red, the portion (1 of the supporting surface for the shoe may be gray and the other portion e may be brown and the back-ground i may be yellow. This paint may be any suitable water color or oil paint, or any commercial grade of poster paint. In applying this paint between the outlined por tions of the subject, the paint will not adhere to or run over onto the ink outline II as the ink repels the paint l2 and thus tend to prevent the spread of the paint over the line.

Before the paint is dry and while it is still Wet the user may sprinkle a fine granular material I4 such as salt or sugar on the painted portions, although other granular materials such as sand and fine saw dust may be used, but the sugar or salt will absorb, to some visible extent, the color of the paint and will cause the colored portions of the outlined subjects to stand in relief from the surface of the plaque.

After the outlined subject has been completely filled in with the paint and salt or sugar, as above mentioned in accordance with the tastes of the user, and has been allowed to dry for a few minutes, another coating of paint may be applied to each section or portion of the picture or subject so as to give added brilliance and will also have a tendency to make the granular material adhere more firmly. No attempt should be made to paint too large an area of any portion or section of the outlined subject of the picture because the paint may dry in spots and thus prevent the granular material from adhering properly to the painted surface. Immediately after the salt or sugar or other granular material I3 is first applied to the painted section, the card should be placed in an inclined vertical position to allow any surplus of the granular material to shake off of the surface of the chart to which it has been applied and to which the surplus does not adhere.

The present invention enables colored charts or pictures to be produced by both juvenile and adult persons in a very satisfactory manner and which may be framed or otherwise displayed in good taste because the lines of the colored portions are definite and clear due to the outlining by the special ink, above mentioned, and without requiring any particular effort or skill on the part of the user. Of course, as the color designing or selection of the user improves by the use of these charts so will the attractiveness of the colored subject because the purpose of this invention is to make it easy for persons unskilled in painting to produce attractive pictures and to develop a color consciousness which is useful in so many other endeavors in life.

Having described the invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, that which is claimed as new is:

1. An educational device comprising a placard having a surface to which paint will adhere outlined with a pictorial subject of which certain component parts defined by said outline are adapted to be colored with a paint by the user, saidoutline being a coating material to which the paint will not adhere and which will repel the paint applied by the user.

2. An educational device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said outline coating contains a wax.

PHILIP DI LEMME. 

